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Documentary on Irish women's national team's journey to FIFA World Cup airs next week

A documentary on the Irish women's national team's journey to the FIFA Women's World Cup will air next week. The film - created by award-winning filmmaker Ross Whitaker - charts the team's journey through qualifying for their first ever major ...

12 Jul 2023 at 21:00

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Ireland put team masseur up for interview at Rugby World Cup press conference

Although an important cog in the Irish rugby set-up, team masseur Willie Bennett was an unusual choice to appear before the media alongside CJ Stander on Monday morning in Japan. The man behind the recovery of Ireland's biggest stars, Willie ...

30 Sept 2019 at 20:17

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Conor Murray returns to form at the right time for Rugby World Cup

It was no coincidence that Ireland’s compelling performance against Scotland in Yokohama coincided with the resurgence of one of their truly world-class players, the Munster scrum-half Conor Murray. Ten months ago, when the All Blacks were ...

26 Sept 2019 at 14:22

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Rory Best does not hold back in assessment of Ireland's World Cup so far

Ireland captain Rory Best did not hold back when assessing his side's progress at Rugby World Cup 2019. "We would have expected to be in a better place after three games," he said on Friday. Ireland, with Johnny Sexton taking over the ...

05 Oct 2019 at 19:54

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World Cup 2022: Your guide to the opening round of fixtures

The World Cup begins on Sunday with teams' form something of a mystery given the unfamiliar mid-season scheduling. Here, we take a look at what some of the key match-ups and past records can tell us about the opening round of games ...

18 Nov 2022 at 21:00

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No Kearney but Ireland name strong team for Samoa test

Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw will make his first appearance of RWC 2019 after being named in the team to face Samoa on Saturday, in a game described by coach Joe Schmidt as “business as usual” - despite uncertainty over the key ...

10 Oct 2019 at 11:40

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'You can't lie about moping' - Jacob Stockdale on Ireland's start to the World Cup

One of Ireland’s young guns has been taking the lead from an old hand to help keep his World Cup campaign on track. Jacob Stockdale admits to having felt exceptionally low after the surprise defeat by Japan in Shizuoka last ...

05 Oct 2019 at 20:05

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'A few places we can fix-up' - CJ Stander dissects Ireland's defeat to Japan at #RWC2019

The post mortem of Ireland's crushing defeat to Japan continued in Japan on Monday morning as Munster stalwart CJ Stander spoke to the media. Ireland lost out 19-12 to the host nation and now face a short turnaround time ...

30 Sept 2019 at 20:15

Sport

Jordi Murphy still on Rugby World Cup rollercoaster after injury scare

For Jordi Murphy, the Ireland back-row forward, the last month has been a rollercoaster ride. First came the crushing disappointment of narrowly missing out on Joe Schmidt’s 31-man squad. Then came a welcome phone call, ...

07 Oct 2019 at 20:30

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Croatia or France? Here's who Kildare is shaping up to support in the World Cup Final

Croatian supporters are likely to be outnumbered by French ones in Kildare for the World Cup final today but the numbers of the former have been growing a lot in the county in recent years. Assuming all will be tuned ...

15 Jul 2018 at 11:20

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'Chasing the ball' - Italia '90, USA '94 and 2002 World Cup memorabilia to be exhibited in Ireland

The Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin, with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Ireland, is bringing an exhibition to Dublin which will showcase original material covering the 1990, 1994 and 2002 World Cups. ...

20 Dec 2022 at 20:00

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Broadcasters need to ‘shine light’ on serious issues during World Cup

Irish broadcasters must “shine a light” on the serious issues in Qatar during their World Cup coverage, a Government minister has said. Junior Minister for Sport Jack Chambers said it he was “very concerned” by the ...

09 Nov 2022 at 22:00

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